Hey! This has been such a hard chapter to write, and it still isn't quite
right! Grrrr! But mot of what I want is in there. Some is still in my head
and refuses to come out!
I don't own Andromeda, but I sure would like to have a part in it! Please? Okay, I'll stop stalking you Mr Casting Director.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Trance was pacing in her cell. The drug that had disabled her legs had worn off long ago. Gwin must have injected her when she had been unconscious.
Gwin was truly twisted, she thought. But why didn't anyone recognise her. They just looked at her like the past year hadn't even existed. And they had just accepted Gwin as if they had known her forever! It just didn't make sense.
She knew that Gwin must have wiped Rommie's system of anything connected to her. Then Gwin must have placed fake memories of herself instead. It wouldn't have been hard for her, what with all the time she had been spending with Harper in the machine shop. She must have gotten well acquainted with the AI core.
But everyone else. They had just forgotten her. There was only one explanation.
Gwin must be controlling their minds.
Trance knew that her people all had supernatural powers. Why, she herself had many mysterious powers. She just wasn't...that good at controlling them at the moment.
She remembered the incident that happened only some hours ago, when the Captain had come looking for her and her friends. Gwin must have forced that woman into believing that she had the wrong ship. She stopped pacing the floor. That must be it, she thought. It's the only reason my friends could possibly have forgotten me. Because who on earth could forget me!
The only problem now was, how would she get her friends to remember her again?
She started pacing again, it helped her to think.
At that moment, Harper arrived with some food for her to eat.
"Here, dinner for you." He put the plate on the floor and slid it under with his foot. Then he stood back and folded his arms, watching her.
Neither of them said anything for the next few seconds. Trance didn't even pick up her food. They just stared at each other.
Harper was the first to speak, Trance knowing that he didn't like awkward silences.
"So... how did you get on the ship?" he asked, still standing back, hands in his pockets now.
Trance decided to be calm, maybe if she recalled some events that involved both of them, then maybe he would remember her.
"I told you already. I'm one of your crew-members. I've been here for just over a year. And I worked with you on the Maru for a while. Gwin is the one who's the intruder!"
"Pah!" scoffed Harper, "If you were my crewmate, I think I might just remember you. And Gwin I the one who joined the Maru crew and helped us retrieve the Andromeda."
Damn it, thought Trance. It seemed like Gwin had implanted fake memories too. Well she'd just keep going.
"What about the time Gerentex hijacked our ship and made us go find Haistori's Diary? Do you remember that?"
"Yes, but Gwin was with me. Why are you asking these stupid questions?"
Hmmm. She'd have to mention things that Gwin couldn't have known about.
"Still got that rabbit's foot?" she asked slyly.
Harper sprung forward. "How did you know that? Only my crew-mates know that!"
Trance barrelled on, "And I know where you hid the library. A sun! I know because you took your inspiration from me. You told me so in the last few minutes you had the information. You told me in my own language. Now how could I know that if I wasn't part of the crew! It's me, Trance, your best friend!" Harper was so close to the bars, that she reached through and grabbed his hands.
Suddenly a light bolted from in between their hands, throwing each of them back several meters. Trance landed expertly on her feet, having used her tail to stop her landing on the floor. Harper however, as clumsy as always, had landed upside down against the wall. But what he said next made her heart leap.
"Trance?" He asked as he righted himself.
Trance jumped and skipped all around her little cell for joy!
"Yes it's me! It's me! You remember! Yay! You remember!"
"Why wouldn't I remember you my hyper, little purple pixie?" He smiled quirkily.
She stopped jumping up and down and got serious.
"Because Gwin has been controlling your minds. How do you think I ended up in the Brig?"
"I was wondering about that." He mentioned
He paused, before realising that Trance was looking at him expectantly.
"What? Oh! I suppose we better get you out of there." He said sheepishly
"Yeah, I'd like that. But don't use the normal method. Gwin also wiped Andromeda's memory of me. Thank's to all that time she spent with you."
Harper turned a deep shade of red, "I suppose I shouldn't have given her that tour of the AI core then."
"It doesn't matter now. Just get me out of here!" she said urgently.
Harper reached into his tool belt and took out a screw-driver, prying open the panel, "I'll just blind Andromeda's sensors...and then I'll swap this wire, and....."
The bars lifted away.
".....Hey presto!"
Trance walked out and hugged Harper fiercely. He was taken aback at first but after the initial shock, he returned the hug.
"Thanks Harper. I knew you'd come through for me. Now let's go kick some Gwin ass!"
I don't own Andromeda, but I sure would like to have a part in it! Please? Okay, I'll stop stalking you Mr Casting Director.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Trance was pacing in her cell. The drug that had disabled her legs had worn off long ago. Gwin must have injected her when she had been unconscious.
Gwin was truly twisted, she thought. But why didn't anyone recognise her. They just looked at her like the past year hadn't even existed. And they had just accepted Gwin as if they had known her forever! It just didn't make sense.
She knew that Gwin must have wiped Rommie's system of anything connected to her. Then Gwin must have placed fake memories of herself instead. It wouldn't have been hard for her, what with all the time she had been spending with Harper in the machine shop. She must have gotten well acquainted with the AI core.
But everyone else. They had just forgotten her. There was only one explanation.
Gwin must be controlling their minds.
Trance knew that her people all had supernatural powers. Why, she herself had many mysterious powers. She just wasn't...that good at controlling them at the moment.
She remembered the incident that happened only some hours ago, when the Captain had come looking for her and her friends. Gwin must have forced that woman into believing that she had the wrong ship. She stopped pacing the floor. That must be it, she thought. It's the only reason my friends could possibly have forgotten me. Because who on earth could forget me!
The only problem now was, how would she get her friends to remember her again?
She started pacing again, it helped her to think.
At that moment, Harper arrived with some food for her to eat.
"Here, dinner for you." He put the plate on the floor and slid it under with his foot. Then he stood back and folded his arms, watching her.
Neither of them said anything for the next few seconds. Trance didn't even pick up her food. They just stared at each other.
Harper was the first to speak, Trance knowing that he didn't like awkward silences.
"So... how did you get on the ship?" he asked, still standing back, hands in his pockets now.
Trance decided to be calm, maybe if she recalled some events that involved both of them, then maybe he would remember her.
"I told you already. I'm one of your crew-members. I've been here for just over a year. And I worked with you on the Maru for a while. Gwin is the one who's the intruder!"
"Pah!" scoffed Harper, "If you were my crewmate, I think I might just remember you. And Gwin I the one who joined the Maru crew and helped us retrieve the Andromeda."
Damn it, thought Trance. It seemed like Gwin had implanted fake memories too. Well she'd just keep going.
"What about the time Gerentex hijacked our ship and made us go find Haistori's Diary? Do you remember that?"
"Yes, but Gwin was with me. Why are you asking these stupid questions?"
Hmmm. She'd have to mention things that Gwin couldn't have known about.
"Still got that rabbit's foot?" she asked slyly.
Harper sprung forward. "How did you know that? Only my crew-mates know that!"
Trance barrelled on, "And I know where you hid the library. A sun! I know because you took your inspiration from me. You told me so in the last few minutes you had the information. You told me in my own language. Now how could I know that if I wasn't part of the crew! It's me, Trance, your best friend!" Harper was so close to the bars, that she reached through and grabbed his hands.
Suddenly a light bolted from in between their hands, throwing each of them back several meters. Trance landed expertly on her feet, having used her tail to stop her landing on the floor. Harper however, as clumsy as always, had landed upside down against the wall. But what he said next made her heart leap.
"Trance?" He asked as he righted himself.
Trance jumped and skipped all around her little cell for joy!
"Yes it's me! It's me! You remember! Yay! You remember!"
"Why wouldn't I remember you my hyper, little purple pixie?" He smiled quirkily.
She stopped jumping up and down and got serious.
"Because Gwin has been controlling your minds. How do you think I ended up in the Brig?"
"I was wondering about that." He mentioned
He paused, before realising that Trance was looking at him expectantly.
"What? Oh! I suppose we better get you out of there." He said sheepishly
"Yeah, I'd like that. But don't use the normal method. Gwin also wiped Andromeda's memory of me. Thank's to all that time she spent with you."
Harper turned a deep shade of red, "I suppose I shouldn't have given her that tour of the AI core then."
"It doesn't matter now. Just get me out of here!" she said urgently.
Harper reached into his tool belt and took out a screw-driver, prying open the panel, "I'll just blind Andromeda's sensors...and then I'll swap this wire, and....."
The bars lifted away.
".....Hey presto!"
Trance walked out and hugged Harper fiercely. He was taken aback at first but after the initial shock, he returned the hug.
"Thanks Harper. I knew you'd come through for me. Now let's go kick some Gwin ass!"